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Turk's cap lily, ljiljan zlatan

Lilium martagon

Description:

It grows between 1m and 2m tall. The flower colour is typically a pink-purple, with dark spots, but is quite variable, extending from near white to near black. The flowers are scented. Numerous flowers are borne on each plant, and up to 50 can be found on vigorous plants. The green stems can be flushed with purple or red and the leaves are elliptic to inverse lanceolate, mostly in whorls, up to 16 cm long and often lightly hairy underneath.

Habitat:

found in mountain meadow, on damp area near creek, altitude 1800 m/asl

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2 Comments

Jopy
Jopy 10 years ago

ovaj mi je najdraži :)

injica
injica 10 years ago

Prekrasno :)

Jopy
Spotted by
Jopy

Spotted on Aug 11, 2013
Submitted on Aug 13, 2013

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